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In May 2009 the legal entity known as "HM Railway Inspectorate" ceased to exist when a single rail regulatory body covering both safety and economic issues, the Safety Directorate, was created, but the 180 individual inspectors will continue to be known as His Majesty's Railway Inspectors. [25]
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is a British government agency that independently investigates rail accidents in the United Kingdom and the Channel Tunnel in order to find a cause, not to lay blame. [3] Created in 2005, it is required by law to investigate accidents causing death, serious injuries or extensive damage.
During its 134-year existence, the tunnel was the location of two incidents investigated by HM Railway Inspectorate. The first was in 1949, when a serious fire destroyed two carriages of a south-bound express from Edinburgh. Seven passengers were injured, but there were no deaths. [2]
The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. [3] The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Planning Inspectorate; His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills; His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons; HM Inspectorate of Probation; His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate – now superseded by the Railway Safety Directorate of the Office of Rail Regulation, the director of which is known as the Chief Inspector ...
[a] At that time the Inspectorate had no statutory powers with regard to existing lines; [b] all too frequently Yolland found himself reporting, in his characteristic rigorous manner, the organisational failures and neglect that had led to serious accidents. In 1877 he was appointed HM Chief Railway Inspector in succession to Henry Whatley Tyler.
The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England. [ 1 ] Formed after the 2009 merger of the Cambrian Railways Society and the Cambrian Railways Trust , it aims to reinstate the infrastructure required to operate ...
The Health and Safety Executive's HM Railway Inspectorate was also criticised for its inspection procedures. The then head of HSE told the Inquiry [ 51 ] the HSE were concerned about, first, the length of time taken for the approval of the signalling scheme; secondly, the slow progress by Railtrack and the HMRI in bringing issues to a ...